Create 2018/How MediaWiki works: Submissions:2021/Editing seems too hard

Title

How MediaWiki works

Theme (optional)

Tech & Tools

Academic Peer Review option

No

Type of submission

Presentation

Author

Brian Wolff

E-mail address

bawolffgmail.com

Wikimedia username

Bawolff

Affiliation(s) (optional)

Wikimedia Foundation

Abstract

What happens when you hit save page? How does the website actually work? What are the different pieces that make it work? How do they all fit together. This talk will give a high level overview of how the Wikimedia sites actually work, in the style of "How its made". The talk will be designed for people interested in what the various pieces are in the Wikimedia tech platform, and how they fit together. The talk will be in the form of a high level overview and is designed to be interesting to both technical folks and the less technically inclined.

Length of presentation

45 min

Special requests

Projector for slides

Preferred room size

25

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?

no

If you will be incorporating a slidedeck during your presentation, do you agree to upload it to Commons before your session, with a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, including suitable attribution in the slidedeck for any images used?

yes

Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?

Probably

Interested attendees[edit source]

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1. Samantha (Wiki Education) (talk) 17:05, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
2. James Hare (talk) 19:30, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
3. TJones (WMF) (talk) 20:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
4. Ragesoss (talk) 19:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
5. Econterms (talk) 17:33, 9 October 2018 (UTC)